Child Care
Nursing Mothers
Nursing mothers are invited to use the two Nursing Mothers Rooms, one in Weaver-Densford Hall and one in Boynton Health Service. Equipped with electric breast pumps and refrigerators, these rooms provide a relaxing, private place to pump your milk during your busy days at the U. The coordinators look forward to the establishment of nursing mothers' rooms throughout the Twin Cities campuses.
The room in Boynton is open when Boynton Health Service is open (weekdays 8:00am-4:30pm, Mondays until 6:00pm); the room in Weaver-Densford Hall, donated by the School of Nursing and partly funded by the Women's Center and the School of Nursing, is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A short orientation is required before using the rooms.
Students, staff and faculty may call Laura Duckett at (612) 624-9160 or ducke001@umn.edu to use the room in the Nursing School, or leave a voicemail message for Kitty Bell at (612) 625-2926 for the room in Boynton.
Boyton Website: www.bhs.umn.edu/services/nursingmom.htm
On-Campus Child Care
University of Minnesota Child Care Center
http://education.umn.edu/ChildCareCenter/
The University of Minnesota Child Care Center (612-627-4014), at 1600 Rollins Avenue S.E., located a few blocks north of the East Bank Campus, provides full-time and limited part-time care for infant, toddler, and preschool children of University-affiliated parents. The center administers a Resource and Referral Program providing childcare information. The Child Care Center is accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs and licensed by the State of Minnesota. Full-time child care is provided Monday through Friday from 7:15 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for children ages 3 months to pre-kindergarten.
Shirley G. Moore Laboratory School
http://education.umn.edu/ICD/LabSchool/
The Shirley G. Moore Laboratory School (Registration: 612-624-5593, Peggy Beck),
is located in the Institute of Child Development on the East Bank Campus,
and offers morning and afternoon programs for children between the ages of
2 and 5 years, 2-5 days a week. They are licensed for 100 children. They
accept children with special needs whenever that is feasible for the child
and the school.
Como Community Child Care Center
www.comoccc.com
The Como Community Child Care Center (612-331-8340 - Nicole Kemp), at 1024 27th Avenue S.E. in southeast Minneapolis, offers year-round flexible scheduling for children ages 16 months to 12 years, from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Two family-style meals and snacks are provided. They are licensed for 46 children and sliding fees are available for students.
Community Child Care Center
The Community Child Care Center (651-645-8958 - Jill Madsen), at 1250 Fifield Avenue in the Commonwealth Terrace Student Family Housing Cooperative near the St. Paul Campus, offers flexible scheduling for children ages 16 months to 5 years, from 7:15 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. They're licensed for 35 children; sliding fees for students; parent cooperative; breakfast, lunch and snacks provided; extensive waiting list.
Off-Campus Child Care
CareQuest
www.mnchildcare.org/index.html/Carequest.htm
The University offers referral services through CareQuest, a telephone network to help students, staff, faculty and hospital employees find childcare off campus. This service is free to eligible University families earning less than $50,000 per year. Parent counselors will answer your questions about childcare in the community, and help you identify programs that will meet the needs of you and your child. You interview the providers yourself and make your own arrangements. To get started, call (651) 222-4664 weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
